Jim Dwyer

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Jim Dwyer began writing the About New York column in April 2007. He has spent most of his professional life covering New York as a reporter, columnist and author. He joined the Times in May 2001 after stints at the Daily News, New York Newsday and several papers in northern New Jersey.

In addition to his work on daily newspapers, he is the author or co-author of six books, including, most recently, “More Awesome Than Money,” the true story of four boys and their quest to save the world from a Facebook monopoly. Earlier this year, he published “False Conviction: Innocence, Guilt and Science,” an interactive book. Using video, animations and demonstrations, “False Conviction” explores the science of getting things wrong in everyday life, and how that becomes errors in the criminal justice system. The book was produced by the New York Hall of Science.

February 27, 2015, Friday

More than once, Andy Partridge set his mind to proposing to his childhood friend Mandy Hicks, but the moment was always ruined by other couples — until the pair went on an eagle watch in Upper Manhattan.